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Ndtv imagine-Price IncreaseChannel 9X-Price Increase even though they have extra concerts/specialsSTAR Gold-FTA or place Sahara Filmy to the black listChannel V India-Alternative to MTV India most of the former VJ's new shows are on STAR One.

South Asian channels on DirecTV should push a la Carte soon. New channels could have you seeing HindiDirect I & II a $5.00 Increase.

Price increase is expected. We do not expect Direct tv to give us these channels for free...Once these channels are in I would think Directv would be considered to be the best platform with south asian channels.

Ndtv imagine-Price IncreaseChannel 9X-Price Increase even though they have extra concerts/specialsSTAR Gold-FTA or place Sahara Filmy to the black listChannel V India-Alternative to MTV India most of the former VJ's new shows are on STAR One.

South Asian channels on DirecTV should push a la Carte soon. New channels could have you seeing HindiDirect I & II a $5.00 Increase.

Any idea when will all these channels become available? We wont mind a slight price increase!!!

As per the deal, Dish will provide five Asian television channels of Star to South Asian and Chinese viewers.

Star's two Hindi entertainment channels Star Plus and Star One will be included on Dish Network from 19 March. Beginning 26 March, three of Star's Mandarin-language channels - Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2 and Channel [V] Taiwan - will be added to the network.

As per the deal, Dish will provide five Asian television channels of Star to South Asian and Chinese viewers.

Star's two Hindi entertainment channels Star Plus and Star One will be included on Dish Network from 19 March. Beginning 26 March, three of Star's Mandarin-language channels - Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2 and Channel [V] Taiwan - will be added to the network.

I think it's a bad move for directv (for allow star plus and star one make a deal with dishnetwork) as now directv hindi direct customers will move over to dishnetwork to get star plus and star one and many other hindi channels.

Thank you gdeep for understanding my problem about star plus and star one comng to dishnetwork. I think it not fair either that direct tv let dishnetwork have those channels. See I have both dishes I really don't want to pay for 2 dishes for the same channels. I think direct tv will lose people like that. Does anyone if the star plus and star one coming to mega pack of dishnetwork or la cart.

I think it's a bad move for directv (for allow star plus and star one make a deal with dishnetwork) as now directv hindi direct customers will move over to dishnetwork to get star plus and star one and many other hindi channels.

I completely agree with you. Maybe directv will back out of south asian channels. Do guys remember the days when DTV had sony channel and than Dish took over and that was it for south asian channels for Dtv until recently since starplus came.

I think to keep there hindidirect I & II customers directv needs to add new hindi channels soon else everybody is going to ditch them. Dishnetwork has alot of channels and plus a cricket channel (zee sports) that airs live cricket games.

I called directv to cancel my service even though I'm still under contract (ends Sept of this year). I told the customer rep that I can't afford it and he said since I am under contract I can't just cancel my service. Next thing he told me is that I can suspend my service for 6 months (no charge of anykind) and then cancel my service once my contract ends.

Can you contact NDTV distribution again to see if its going to be Dish or DirecTV?

Thanks

They keep saying it will be available soon and they will not admit what platform is going to carry it!!! First they said they are closing the deal with DTV and now they are saying they are talking to various platforms.....I would not really back out of DTV now.....just wait and watch for a couple of months. i spoke to the executive office of DTV and they said if I was to suspend the account than I am looking at starting all over again......

NDTV Imagine on HindiDirect Ch. 20xx....oh wait a minute, still up there

NEW DELHI: The US has asked India to ease its television downlink policy for international content providers, who need to set up an office in the country or operate through a local agent -- a process which makes their operations taxable here.

The US has been raising the issue with the Indian Government through different channels, including the high level bilateral Trade Policy Forum, saying the present downlink policy in India is "overly burdensome and results in a taxable presence" to foreign content providers.

It said the India can oversee the programming content, if it so desires, through its licensed entities like cable operators or direct-to-home providers without requiring them to open office in the country.

"The United States continues to raise this issue with the Indian Government and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting," an official said.

In November 2005, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued a 'Downlink Policy' which applies to international content providers wanting to downlink programming to India. Despite opposition from the global firms, the ministry ruled out any change in the policy in February this year asking them to amend their agreements with the Indian customers making the tax liabilities retrospective in nature from November 11, 2005.

This has upset the US which has started exerting pressure on the government to change the policy, the official said.

NDTV Imagine on HindiDirect Ch. 20xx....oh wait a minute, still up there

NEW DELHI: The US has asked India to ease its television downlink policy for international content providers, who need to set up an office in the country or operate through a local agent -- a process which makes their operations taxable here.

The US has been raising the issue with the Indian Government through different channels, including the high level bilateral Trade Policy Forum, saying the present downlink policy in India is "overly burdensome and results in a taxable presence" to foreign content providers.

It said the India can oversee the programming content, if it so desires, through its licensed entities like cable operators or direct-to-home providers without requiring them to open office in the country.

"The United States continues to raise this issue with the Indian Government and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting," an official said.

In November 2005, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued a 'Downlink Policy' which applies to international content providers wanting to downlink programming to India. Despite opposition from the global firms, the ministry ruled out any change in the policy in February this year asking them to amend their agreements with the Indian customers making the tax liabilities retrospective in nature from November 11, 2005.

This has upset the US which has started exerting pressure on the government to change the policy, the official said.